bewray
Americanverb (used with object)
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to reveal or expose.
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to betray.
verb
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Etymology
Origin of bewray
1250–1300; Middle English bewraien, equivalent to be- be- + wraien, Old English wrēgan to accuse, cognate with Old High German ruogen ( German rügen ), Gothic wrohjan
Example Sentences
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Thou wottest that life itself should be given ere I would bewray thee,” spoke the girl earnestly.
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
The Lord required this of Moab, saying, 'Make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth.
From The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty by John Fiske
I could not sing the shame of my country, Hakon; neither can I bewray my king.”
From A Maid at King Alfred?s Court by Lucy Foster Madison
"Nay, then, must I bewray confidence and tell thee that one who knows assures me that Priscilla Molines would not say thee nay wert thou to ask her?"
From Standish of Standish A story of the Pilgrims by Jane G. (Jane Goodwin) Austin
You bewray yourself and sex by repeating the slander, though even in jest, as I see you are.
From Cruel As The Grave by Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte Southworth
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